Meaning

1 senses
  1. (informal)A budgerigar.

    She keeps a ton of budgies in her home.

More definitions
  • small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors

Examples

7 sentences
  1. I am a lucky budgie, aren't I?

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  2. My budgie is happy.

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  3. My budgie is moulting.

    ruМой попугайчик линяет.

    deMein Wellensittich ist in der Mauser.

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  4. Your budgie has escaped.

    deIhr Wellensittich ist entwischt.

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  5. I bought a budgie.

    ruЯ купил волнистого попугайчика.

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Origin

From a clipping of budgerigar + -ie.

From a clipping of budgerigar + -ie.

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Forms

plural: budgies
Singularbudgie
Pluralbudgies

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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